Mind Your Language!

So okay..harini aku cranky. Maka semua bende adalah annoying!

Benda pertama yang meng'annoy' aku harini adalah status FB hamba allah ni la. Aku tak nak disclose apa dia cakap. Tapi aku tak paham...setahu aku status kat FB takde word limit..ko tulis laa berjela mana pun, tak kene potong..tapi PERLUKAH?

ak = aku
umh = rumah
msuk = masuk
arap = harap
pggl = panggil

Okla..aku kasi can. Mungkin dia penat nak type full word, so everything has to be in short forms..tapi noooooooooooo..boleh pulak words like

jerk = je
ittew = itu
xder per = xde pe

WHAT THE FUCK????

Tah la..aku pun pakai jugak short form ni, tapi masih dalam tahap waras lagi la..

Aku cranky...dan orang2 yang menaip mcm ni buat aku lagi cranky..korang tak rasa pening ke kepala nak figure out what they are trying to say? I've seen a blog that is written as such..terus aku click pangkah kat bahagian atas window tu...

I would understand if you have limited word count like in Twitter..but please...bertempat la penggunaan shortform tu..

Ok..dah..

Kadang-kadang..ke selalu?

Kadang-kadang rasa kita je yang kisah
Dia buat tak tau..
Kadang-kadang rasa kita je ambil berat
Dia buat hal sendiri..
Kadang-kadang kita rasa penat sangat
Dia macam tak peduli..

Kita selfless..dia selfish..
Money can never compensate what I need..
I want time for myself..
I need space away from anything else

I need compassion..
I need understanding..
I need my sanity..

Or maybe all I need is just sleep?
Undisturbed deep sleep..

Mungkin kita patut jadi seperti dia..
Mungkin bila begitu boleh rasa gembira..

Tapi..boleh ke jadi macam dia?
Kenapa dia tak boleh jadi macam kita?

Susah kan jadi saya?
Masih cemburu dengan hidup saya?
Atau kamu gembira saya derita?

Suka hati lah..
Perasaan sendiri pun tidak dilayan..
Perasaan kamu saya tak peduli..
Pendapat kamu simpan sendiri..
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Good Idea...

*Taken from 'The Craziest Thing I Did to Save Money' by Ana Gonzalez Ribeiro*


Smoke Less, Travel More
"Many years ago, my husband and I decided to stop smoking. He named the date we would start and sure enough, before we went to bed that night, we tossed our packs of cigarettes. I told him that I was going to put away each day the amount of money we would have spent on the cigarettes. So I made a ritual of every night putting away in a desk drawer $3. Back then, smoking was much cheaper.
"At the end of one year, I had saved almost $1,100. That money paid for a trip to London! I suggested this cessation method to a friend and he was successful in both saving money and eliminating his smoking habit."

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I have quit a long time ago...but if I was still smoking..I'd take up this idea! It could be a motivation for quitting..kan? Wonder how much saving I would make...mari kira..

DULU..on an average, a pack of 20s would last me 2 days (yeah..that's on a healthy day! :P) so..ok..

365/2 = 182.5 (rounded to 183)
183 x RM9.20 (bapak mahal rokok skarang!!thank god I quit!!) =

RM 1683.60!!!!!

banyak!!!definitely enough for a holiday!!!!! So..what are you waiting for???? Kick the habit and plan your holiday!!!!!!

September 2

Fakta sampah ke-2 bulan ni:

Bila kawin je bole pakai kasut kodi tapi tak kodi..time lain..cubalah..saya cop awak kodi!

Note:
Fakta sampah banyak berkisar tentang perkahwinan sbb aku dok layan sembang org nak kawin..

*selamat menempuh alam perkahwinan!!*
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September & Hari Raya!

*sian CKD penat beraya!!haha!* 

Fakta sampah bulan ini:

Sambung fakta sampah August "orang tak kawin lagi memang gelojoh"

September says: "orang BARU kawin LAGI gelojoh!!"

Muahahahaha! Ko jangan cakap banyak wahai bakal pengantin baru! Nanti ko join kelab buyung ko taww la!!haha! Kata kene catch up!! Hohohoho!

By the way..SELAMAT HARI RAYA to all my friends and readers..tengah plan nak buat open house ni tapi pening! Sebab rumah ai tak muat nak buat satu sesi!! Mati makkkk!!aiyo! Tunggu je la saya hantar invite (kalo jadi nak buat!) Ok ???


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Recipe: Beef Briyani Rice

So i had a long weekend before Merdeka since the company went for a company trip to China for 5 days. I decided not to follow thinking it was puasa month (it's been 2 years since i could properly fast) plus..5 days is a tad bit too long to leave CKD and suami.

What with the long weekend and all, suami and I decided to entertain some friends to berbuka puasa at our place. As usual, when we entertain..normally we have pot luck la..tak larat aaaa nak cook and clean and at the same time jaga CKD..I can die!

On Saturday I had my cousins over. Our theme was Mexican, Italian foodies. I made Shepard's Pie but that will be in another entry. On Sunday, I had my pals from uni and I told them I was making Beef Briyani. So we coordinated our foodies - I made the rice and chicken curry, Anies brought the Ayam Golek Kerinchi, Azie made Kerabu Apple and Sophie made her delicious Oreo Trifle..memang naik 2 kilo!!!!

So okay..this is how to make my rendition of Beef Briyani. It's healthy coz I don't use any oil nor do it tumis2 anything.

The ingredients:

Beef Ribs cut in small pieces
HUGE Onions cut into wedges
Tomatoes cut into 4
Water
Salt
Beras Basmathi

*optional for aroma
Kulit Kayu Manis
Biji Pelaga
Bunga Lawang

So this is VERY easy..you'd think that making briyani is tough..think again. If you have a slow pot or slow cooker..even easier! It's a bit time consuming so best if you prepare the broth a night before you want to entertain. All you do is put all the onions, tomatoes and beef ribs into the slow pot. Add some water but not too full coz the juices from the ingredients will later add into the broth. How much water u ask?? Depends on how much rice you plan to cook. Go on a 1:1.5 ratio for beras basmathi (1 cup rice to 1 1/2 cup of water) because we will use the broth to cook the rice.

Next, put the slow pot on auto and leave it overnight. And this is what you will find in the morning..But if you don't have a slow pot, don't fret. You can still cook it on the stove at a very low heat and let the broth simmer but not boil until all the bones of the ribs come off the meat. You might need to continuously add water. Not too much tho, else you'll dilute the broth and it loses all those juiciness..

Add some salt to taste..By this time, the bones from the ribs would have fallen off from the meat. Filter the broth from all those delicious meat and onion (your tomatoes will be gone by now!) And remove all the bones. Separate the meat from the onion and tomatoes.

Now to cook the rice..So we use the 1:1.5 ratio ok..

First you rinse the rice of course..Pour the filtered broth into the rice cooker and switch the rice cooker on. Don't worry if you don't have enough broth for the rice. Just add in normal water (as long as there is more broth than water, the taste should be fine!) Wait until the broth comes to a boil then add in the rice and the meat you separated before. Add in the kulit kayu manis, biji pelaga & bunga lawang too.

And leave to cook!

Easy kan?? It went perfect with the my santan-less curry chicken (recipe coming soon!), Ayam Golek Kerinchi and Azie's Kerabu Apple (I think she posted the recipe on her blog before..else I'll ask her for the recipe..)

*OPTIONAL!

You can even have the broth on its own..add in some carrots, celery, potatoes, broccoli (up to your imagination) and serve with plain rice or bread..

Review kene tarukkk!!

"Sha! Kalau tak sedap aku tak tambah nasi ni 2 kali!!" - Sapet

Heheheh! Mungkin open hse raya this year I'll make this again..and suami will make his roast chicken (suami masak sedap!!) and I'll add in acar telur instead of the kerabu apple (or maybe both!) Apa tu acar telur??hahaha!! Will have to wait for when I post the recipe lah!

Selamat mencuba!

*azie pun tambah 2 kali!hehehe! Ynag lain-lain? Saya tak kira!*